Let’s face it, there are some very easy hair removal methods available on the market, so why bother with sugaring and making your own sugaring paste for removing hair? Waxing and hair removal creams are very easy and pretty safe to apply even at your home, yet some people would like something more natural for their bodies. Also, some may opt for sugaring since they can not use waxing due to medical reasons.

Using sugaring for hair removal is pretty similar to waxing, we cover the pros and cons of sugaring vs. waxing. Most of people would like to know how to make a sugaring hair removal paste at home. So, here are the steps for a sugaring paste recipe:

1. You will need 2 cups of white cane sugar, 1/4 cups of water and 1/4 cups of lemon juice. Some people may not want to use lemon juice, which is fine, just replace it with water. Lemon juice needs to be fresh squeezed and free of any lemon lumps and seeds.

2. You put all the ingredients together in a cooking pan. Bring the ingredients to boil on a medium heat, them reduce the heat and just simmer the sugaring ingredients for 30 minutes. When the color changed to amber, then you know that the sugaring paste is ready.

3. Take off the sugaring paste from the fire and leave it to cool for another 20 to 30 minutes.

4. You can use it straight away or store it in the fridge.

If you want to use straight away, then you just use it on your clean skin the same as with waxing. You apply it on your skin, press it a little with your hands and a cotton sheet, then remove the sugaring paste in the opposite direction of the grown hair.

If you would like to use the sugaring paste later on, then you can reheat it in microwave or on a boiling pan, or you could use cold. While the first process is pretty self-explanatory, using cold sugaring for waxing  is a little bit different then how you are accustomed to use cold waxing strips. You take a small sugaring paste in your hand, rotate it to make a ball in your hand, then this you press it on your skin, spreading it so it covers a bigger area of your body.

Sugaring paste for hair removal works well not only on your body such as legs, arms and back, but also for face. It can be used by both women and men.

The most difficult thing about sugaring hair removal is to make the right consistency of the paste. Sometimes it is either too soggy, either too hard to use. Like waxing, sugaring paste can be bought nowadays from shops or online. You should look for sugaring paste kits, most are natural such as Sugar Me Smooth.

Secondly, there are some dubious creams out there which do not work, so please purchase only well known brands such as Rogaine, Propecia and even Kalo.

There are few things that you can do to improve the effectiveness of hair inhibitors. You need to use it after removing hair with methods that pull the hair from its root. Such methods are waxing, sugaring, threading and tweezing. If you shave your hair or use depilatory creams, since those methods of hair removal just burn the hair on the skin level, can not work with hair inhibotor creams.

The hair follicles need to be open so the hai inhibitor cream penetrate it and in time it will slow down the rate of hair growth. The purpose of those creams is to inhibit the rate of hair gowth not eliminate it permanenetly.

Facial Hair Inhibitors For Women

Removing facial hair for women is very important, especially if they suffer from hirutism or they have a medical condition such as polycystic ovarian syndrome. Vaniqa cream is a well knwon brand that can be used only for facial hair removal. You may need a prescription for it. Some wmen have reported good results after using Vaniqa, however with any hair slow growth cream, the results are mixed.

Other way to remove facial hair is by taking precription hair inhibitors. You could ask your doctor about it, though are mostly precribed for those with excessive body hair, mostly due to medical reasons.

For women there are some birth control pills which can slow down  the hair growth. They are Yasmin and Dianette and you could ask your doctor about it and its possible side-effects after you stop taking them.

As a side note, some women experience serious hair loss after stop taking birth control pills, for example Microgynon 30 as in my case. So, please ask about possible side-effects your doctor before taking any anticonceptional pills or look on internet for it.

There is a great deal of talking if hair inhibitors work or not and since they do not come cheap, the best advise is to look for those with no tricks money back guarantee. This may be useful if you get adverse reactions to them.

Who can use ipl hair removal method?

IPL stands for intense pulsed light method. This light destroys the hair follicle but to work properly you need to have dark hair and white skin. The methodology does not work for light blonde hair, red hair, grey or white hair. It also it is not recommended for persons with very dark pigment and black skin because their skin can get burned. The method is a permanenet one.

Either you choose to purchase a ipl hair removal machine, either you visit a cosmetic salons which does these hair removal treatments, you have to first establish if it works for you. If you have any type of hair listed above or skin type, you should not purchase Philips Lumea or any other IPL hair remover because they do not work and you will waste your money.

The Philips Lumea comes with a handheld device which is pretty easy to use. You can apply it when your hair is about 3 cm, making sure that your previous hair removal method was shaving, and every two to four weeks. You can use it for any body parts below your neck, but most people prefer it from doing their legs, for underarms and bikini line. You should not attempt to use Philips Lumea for face since it is not approved for face use and their user manual clearly states this. As a side note, the only such ipl hair remover approved for face use that I know off  is Boots Smooth Skin Hair Reducer.

The downside of Philips Lumea SC2001 is its low lasting battery. It comes with a rechargable batteryy but it lasts only 15 minutes of full use which is not enough to do one leg. It can recharge fully in about 90 minutes. So, you will need to recharge twice just to finish one leg. This can be a very annoying for some women and, gathering various reviews, seems that its low battery life is its only downside.

The new Philips Lumea SC2002 can be applied on upper lip, chin and sideburns, but the hair need to be 2 cm long. It comes at about £50 pounds more than the SC2001 edition which cost around £400. It comes with a 60 days money back guarantee. You may want to read the return policies from the shop you want to purchase it.

Can men use Philips Lumea?

The company maker, Philips, didn’t publicly say if men can use it also. Bear in mind that the men hair is different than women hair, and this device has been designated more for women use since the market for body hair removal is considerably bigger.